90th anniversary of the opening of King Tut's tomb

February 15, 2013

Archaologist Howard Carter first laid eyes on Tutankhamun's sarcophagus on February 16, 1923

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English Egyptologist Howard Carter (1874 - 1939, right) walks with the patron of his research, archaeologist and 5th Earl, Lord Carnarvon George Herbert (1866 - 1923), at the Valley of the Kings excavation site, Egypt. That year the pair discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

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English Egyptologist Howard Carter (1874 - 1939, right) walks with the patron of his research, archaeologist and 5th Earl, Lord Carnarvon George Herbert (1866 - 1923), at the Valley of the Kings excavation site, Egypt. That year the pair discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.